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Jeanne Little's catch cry 'Ooooh aaah! Dahling!' is bound to bring back happy memories for viewers of Australian daytime television from the 1970s to the 2000s.
Falling into television 'accidentally...
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Graham Kennedy began his career in radio, where he learnt the skills that made him a TV superstar.
In 1949, aged 15, Graham embarked on his radio career as a messenger boy for Radio Australia. In...
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Celebrating the life and work of Graham Kennedy, 'The King' of Australian television.
The boy from Balaclava conquered the small screen, and for four decades was Australia's greatest television star...
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Adored by Australian television audiences for decades, we list 12 reasons to love Jeanne Little.
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We spoke with Austen Tayshus (aka Sandy Gutman), 'Australia's most dangerous and subversive comedian'.
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Don't be fooled by Tim and his piano: ‘White Wine in the Sun’ is a powerful song and has been known to have many adults in tears by the end, thanks to its thought-provoking lyrics. That’s pretty good...
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Written in 1960 ‘Six White Boomers’ is another Christmas song with a local theme; Santa unhooks his reindeers and delivers Christmas presents to Australian children with the aid of six large white...
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John Farnham performs 'You've Lost That Loving Feeling' on a 1979 episode of The Norman Gunston Show. However, he quickly loses his composure when Gunston (Garry McDonald) joins him on stage and...
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At her best when she's telling stories about her life, Jeanne Little talks about her hair falling out when a home perm job goes wrong.
Referring here to the sight of herself in the mirror with no...
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This delicious dose of silliness is brought to you by Jeanne Little and Mike Walsh. Asked to explain the Nine Network's new telepoll technology, Jeanne improvises her answer and the results are pure...